drought

Texas A&M AgriLife Research studies show shiner and minnow populations could provide early signs of water depletion, drought, and other environmental changes.

Texas A&M climate expert Andrew Dessler says climate change is playing a big role in the Western fires, and Texas itself is getting much hotter.

State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon says drier and warmer conditions over much of the state could last until spring.

Cooler ocean waters tend to make drier and warmer conditions throughout the Southwest.